SWARM’s Agent K was at the wheel. The house was cordoned off and a crime-scene-unit van was parked on the pavement outside. Officers could be seen going in and out through the wreckage of the front door. Agent K glanced up and down the street to check that none of the police officers had noticed her arrive, then leaned across the dashboard and activated a slim panel. It slid aside with a soft hum, and a tray glided out. Embedded into dark foam padding lay Widow, Nero and Hercules. They climbed out and the tray slid back. Agent K spoke through an encrypted channel on her smartphone. “SWARM HQ, Hive 2 are online.” “Logged, Hive 2,” said Simon Turing, back at base. “You’re up, guys,” said Agent K to the three robots. Hercules held Nero tightly with his legs and took to the air. Widow spun and swung her way out of the car and up into the trees of a nearby garden.
